Two men take SUV of good Samaritan

A Thousand Oaks woman's sport utility vehicle was taken at knifepoint early this morning after she stopped to help a teenage motorist stranded on Moorpark Road near Rolling Oaks Drive.

The 37-year-old woman was delivering newspapers for The Star when she saw a car stopped in one of the traffic lanes. The woman, whose name was not released, said she stopped to offer help. But the motorist and a man instead confronted her at knifepoint, taking her SUV, Ventura County Sheriff Department deputies said.

The woman told deputies the two suspects got into her SUV. The pair drove onto Highway 101 from Moorpark Road, traveling in an unknown direction, authorities said.

The first suspect is described as about 5 feet 5 inches tall, with a stocky build. He had a shaved head and was wearing dark clothing, including a hooded sweat shirt with the hood pulled up. He's believed to be 17 to 19 years old.

The second suspect also is about 5-foot-5, with a thin build and dark, curly hair. He was wearing dark clothing, including a hooded sweat shirt with the hood pulled up.

The woman's SUV, a 2008 Nissan Xterra, is black, with a California license plate number of 6DFA104.

The woman said the two drove off with the papers she was planning to deliver.

Authorities said the suspects are considered armed and dangerous. Anyone seeing the SUV should call 911. Anyone with information on the robbery is asked to call the sheriff's major crimes investigators at 494-8201.

Ventura County Crime Stoppers will pay up to $1,000 for information leading to the arrest and criminal complaint against those responsible for this crime.

The Crime Stoppers phone number for Thousand Oaks, Moorpark and Simi Valley is 494-TALK. For Camarillo, Oxnard, Port Hueneme and Ventura it is 385-TALK.